> ST> I also noticed that Rules_du_jour won't work anymore (without > ST> modification) because of lint errors where some of the rulesets > ST> descriptions are over 50 chars long - for instance > ST> 70_sare_header_abuse.cf, 70_sare_ratware.cf, 70_sare_html.cf, > ST> bogus-virus-warnings.cf ... Does anybody know if these are being > ST> changed? > > 70_sare_header_abuse.cf is already deprecated, replaced by the > 70_sare_header?.cf family of files. > > And FYI, that header family should not have any --lint problems under > 3.0 -- I checked each rule for rule name and description length before > publishing those files. > > I hope to do the same with the genlsubj and html families once I'm > done with my current POS project. > > Bob Menschel >
Thanks for that Bob. I have removed header_abuse. Interesting, I have the following version of ratware, which is the latest I can see at http://www.rulesemporium.com/rules/70_sare_ratware.cf, and as you can see the lint fails for it (and others). ==> 70_sare_ratware.cf <== # SARE Ratware Ruleset for SpamAssassin # Version: 01.01.01 # Created: 2004-03-25 # Modified: 2004-05-16 # Changes: Reduced a rule score warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_04 is over 50 chars warning: description for RM_hm_ShortMsgid12 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING63 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING303 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING166 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING180 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING224 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING62A is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING304 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING280 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING250 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING165 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING35 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_09 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_10 is over 50 chars warning: description for RATWR8_MESSID is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING275 is over 50 chars warning: description exists for non-existent rule SARE_HTML_P_BREAK warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING_EXE2 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING62 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING177 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING47 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING148 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_05 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING241 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING144 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING327 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING111 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING265 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_06 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_11 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING218 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING13 is over 50 chars warning: description for SARE_HTML_IMG_ONLY is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING276 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_02 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_07 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING260 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING326 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING23 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING265B is over 50 chars warning: description for RATWR19_MESSID is over 50 chars warning: description for RATWR1_MESSID is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING252 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING237 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_03 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING143 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING312 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING16 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING146 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING277 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING151 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING309 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING110 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING164 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_01 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING185 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING63A is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_OOPS_08 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING273 is over 50 chars warning: description for RM_hm_EmtyMsgid is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING251 is over 50 chars warning: description for VIRUS_WARNING301 is over 50 chars warning: description for T_RATWARE_ERROR_04 is over 50 chars ... For instance, the description for T_RATWARE_ERROR_04 is "Made with Frontpage, but forgot to remove all entries." which does indeed exceed 50 chars. Old version? Cheers Scott
